A carnivorous caterpillar species camouflages itself with dead insects so it can live safely alongside spiders, stalking ...

A black hole bomb – an idea first proposed in 1969 – has now been realised in the lab as a toy model made from a rotating ...

A fossilised 113-million-year-old hell ant from Brazil adds to the evidence that the first ants evolved in the southern ...

In 2004, a remarkable life-saving public-private health project began on Equatorial Guinea’s Bioko Island, off the coast of ...

Exposing children with peanut allergy to proteins from the legume is an approved treatment to reduce the risk of allergic ...

The US National Science Foundation cancelled funding for research on misinformation, disinformation and AI-generated ...

Cholera should no longer exist, yet it kills thousands of people every year. New analysis from international group WaterAid ...

A global biopharma is fighting malaria in endemic countries through partnerships that harness R&D, broaden access to ...

Scientists have found scour marks on the seabed made by giant icebergs about 18,000 years ago, and they could offer clues to ...

Last week astronomers reported hints of biological activity on a distant planet, but a re-analysis of their data suggests the ...

An Austrian site occupied by humans from around 24,000 to 20,000 years ago documents a switch towards hunting reindeer for ...

Text-generating AIs such as ChatGPT can be used to hide encrypted messages inside fake conversations, which could help people ...